Humans of New York blogger posts open letter condemning Donald Trump

The man behind the social media blog, Humans of New York, has stepped out from behind his camera to write an open letter condemning Donald Trump.

Brandon Stanton started his Humans of News York blog in 2010 as a photography project. His initial goal was to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers on the street, “and create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants.”

“Somewhere along the way,” writes Stanton , “I began to interview my subjects in addition to photographing them. And alongside their portraits, I’d include quotes and short stories from their lives.”

To say his project has been wildly successful is an understatement. With more than 17 million followers on Facebook, plus another 4.9 millions followers on Instagram, the HONY stories have resonated with people around the world.

Reaction from around the world

With such a huge international following, it’s no surprise that within six hours of posting the open letter to Trump, it had been liked more than one million times and shared close to 650,000 times. At last count, more than 47,000 people had commented.

An Open Letter to Donald Trump:Mr. Trump,I try my hardest not to be political. I’ve refused to interview several of...

“…no longer a political decision. It is a moral one.”

In his letter, Stanton calls out many of the actions that have put Trump under the spotlight since the US Election Campaign began, writing he has come to realize that opposing Trump is no longer a political decision, but a moral one.

“I’ve watched you retweet racist images. I’ve watched you retweet racist lies. I’ve watched you take 48 hours to disavow white supremacy. I’ve watched you joyfully encourage violence, and promise to ‘pay the legal fees’ of those who commit violence on your behalf. I’ve watched you advocate the use of torture and the murder of terrorists’ families. I’ve watched you gleefully tell stories of executing Muslims with bullets dipped in pig blood. I’ve watched you compare refugees to ‘snakes,’ and claim that ‘Islam hates us.’”

“You are not a unifier.”

In addition to sharing thousands of New Yorker’s stories, Stanton turned his eye to the Middle East and traveled to the streets of Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan to share the stories of normal, everyday people living their normal everyday lives.

“And over the last two years I have conducted extensive interviews with hundreds of Muslims…and I can confirm— the hateful one is you.”

Read Stanton’s letter to Trump in full:

CKNW
why don’t you just come out and say that you categorically reject Donald Trump? That way readers will know your bias and inability to impartially disseminate news.
Also, we will know that you favor what the other candidates favor…a closed 2 party system who are beholden to lobbyists and fundraisers whom are willing to try to eat their own should they fall out of line (see: Romney).

Trump speaks to anyone from either side that feels they have completely lost their voice.
When media outlets try to smear Trump by attaching inuendo or condone violent Sanders supporters to a meeting then try to blame the victim, it attracts even more followers to him.

I am anything but a Trump fan but I don’t ever recall such animosity toward a politician from another country.
You wreak of insecurity much like a hockey team that starts a brawl when down 5-0.

Anyway, the GOP is okay with Trump running as long as he comes second. Not first, not third, but second. The man who beats Trump will have the profile as the man who beat Trump and that’s what they want.